Virtual Star Party - Jan. 6, 2013: The One Year Anniversary Edition

By Fraser Cain - January 11, 2013 at 3:58 PM UTC | Observing
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The Virtual Star Party is one year old. Well, not the Virtual Star Party itself, but our efforts to broadcast a live view from telescopes into a Google+ hangout. Thanks to everyone who has supported us and watched our efforts evolve from those first tentative steps to our comprehensive coverage now.

Astronomers:

Mike Phillips

,

Stuart Forman

and

Mark Behrendt

Commentary:

Dr. Phil Plait

and

Ray Sanders

.

Host:

Fraser Cain

.

Here are some pictures from the event:

Blue Snowball Nebula by

M33 Andromeda Nebula by

Jupiter by

We run the Virtual Star Party every Sunday night as a live Google+ Hangout. Want to find when it's happening next? Just circle the

Virtual Star Party page on Google+

. Visit the

Universe Today YouTube channel

to see an archive of all our past events.

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.